So. What's for Dinner?

[stui magpie]

Sounds yum.

I'm doing rack of lamb in the air fryer, with some roast spuds and steamed corn on the cob and other veges.

[think positive]

That's not a bad idea. I don't cook lamb anymore, various reasons, mainly I don't like it, but it's so oily, that would solve that problem. How did it turn out?

Hubby took off to qld today to pick up a sprint car he suddenly decided to buy, and I took his mum for radiation, a doc appointment and shopping, so the girls and I had a coles chook, and coleslaw with two kinds of home made dressing, and they had roast spuds left over from yesterday! Lazy three days I'm seeing!! then I grabbed a bottle of linndermanns cab sav bin 45 from the stash, and went and visited an old friend I haven't seen for, well a long time! We had a good old natter, and a glass of red, and I'm home chilling with Molly!

Oldest has to get up early, she's crashed, and junior had a wisdom tooth out yesterday, and is still pretty sore, and Beau the puppy had his shots today, so he's Knackered, so she's taken him off to bed. Was going to finish some paperwork, nope. Me, the couch, my baby girl, and the TV control, and the heater dialled up! Utter bliss, cheers!

[stui magpie]

lamb turned out really well. Pink all the way through like on the cooking shows but not undercooked.

The old girl can't cop undercooked meat, but she loved it.

[Skids]

Homeward bound

Tonight we eat!

Prawns (Jumbo Shark Bay Kings of course)
Scotch fillet steak
Hot Italian sausages
Green salad

Barbaro Brothers meat.
Central seafoods prawns
Local market salad stuff

Oh, and lotsa beer! The 0420hr alarm is now OFF.

[Skids]

lamb turned out really well. Pink all the way through like on the cooking shows but not undercooked.

The old girl can't cop undercooked meat, but she loved it.

i don't get the rare lamb thing, gota be cooked.

There's only one type of pink meat I eat

[stui magpie]

Finger food tonight, watching the footy

party Pies and sausage rolls
Buffalo chicken wings
Beef ribs
Corn on the cob.

[stui magpie]

Fambly coming over for Sunday night dinner.

Doing steak and kidney stew with dumplings and steamed veg on the side and pea and ham soup.

[HAL]

How does doing that make you feel?

[think positive]

Fambly coming over for Sunday night dinner.

Doing steak and kidney stew with dumplings and steamed veg on the side and pea and ham soup.

My mum used to make steak and kidney pie

Man it was good

Another thing I really miss - also Yorkshire pud, bread. And butter pudding, she just did it the best

Didn't have dinner still full from lunch! Just a scotch in preparation for the footy!

Seem to eat just two meals a day here, they are so big! But I've actually lost nearly a kg!

Cheers enjoy the stew Stui! Love dumplings!

[stui magpie]

^

Came up well.

Did some meat shopping at the weekend, so this week has been a good mix. last night I did Osso Bucco in the pressure cooker. Schmick.

Tonight I set the old girl a task. She won't use the stove and doesn't feel right with the gas range, but she's been using a crock pot for decades. I bought some lamb shanks and last night asked her if she was up to cooking them in the crockpot. I got a tin of tomatoes and some of the packet mix sauce to add, so all simple.

Of course she complicated things, how did I want this, how should she do this, so i just said to her that she's cooked this stuff hundreds of times, do what you want, all the stuff is there.

She had some fun doing it, about to eat dinner in a minute. Smells good. having mash spuds and Peas with it. basics.

[watt price tully]

Made the better half Kao Soi today.

Roasted the coriander seeds, cardomoms and chillies, assembled the squillion spices, minced the garlic, ginger and turmeric - got the mortar and pestle out and made the curry paste - the smell is fantastic!!

Loved it did he ( haven't made it often cause the prep takes some time). He's off to Zimbabwe in 2 days to spend 2 weeks with the anti rhino poaching Rangers - they survive on very little so best feed him before he goes!

Got the recipe from a place in Chang Mai many years ago - make sure you have it there WPT - num num num !!!!!!!!

I had the Kao Soi in a great place in Chiang Mai, Loved it. Tasty, some chilli absolutely delicious.

[stui magpie]

Vegetarian paella with pork spare ribs.

Yum.

[stui magpie]

Put a 5kg piece of pork in the smoker, finished it off in the oven.

Home made BBQ sauce, corn on the cob, jacket potatoes, coleslaw and some slices of breadstick.

Yum

[think positive]

mmm that sounds good, i miss pig!!

smoked chicken noodle soup! home made! i got the recipe from a super foods book, its bloody delish! ordinarily i dont like it, but this one tastes yum! followed by my special roast spuds, roast turnip (yuk) marinated roast beef and i might even cook gravy! yes indeed a way to a mans wallet is through his stomach! (things break in threes, the heater - fixed, the carpet cleaner - i hired one, and the dishwasher all died while i was away!! actually the carpet cleaner died before! not like the kids would use it unless they spilt something really nasty!!) going dishwasher shopping tomorrow, and i intend to get either white or finger print free, i bloody hate stainless steel, because, well, it isnt! so yes, happy hubby, will lead to happy wife! forget sliced bread, it was the dishwasher!!

[stui magpie]

^

hah, just take his credit card.

The pork and BBQ sauce came up real well. The kids demolished half of the 5kg piece on Sunday night.

Did too much jacket spuds and corn cobs so Monday while I had a day off, I used some of them plus some leeks and made soup.

So tonights dinner is soup and toasted pork and bbq sauce sandwiches.